The words Black or African-American don`t appear in this story,but now the suspect is described as "The suspect is described as a male with a medium-to-dark complexion..." which is useful, as long as you know that they`re talking about an African-American, rather than George Hamilton.

At the upper right of the two sketches, you`ll find a little note by the police artist saying "B/M," meaning "Black/Male. " That`s because the first question a police artist asks is "What color is the suspect?"

Houston Police has released composite sketches of a man suspected of several sexual assault cases in southwest Houston dating back to Sept. 27.
Three of the four reported assaults took place at the 9300 block of Dairy View Lane. The first incident at that location took place on Sept. 27 while the second incident took place on Jan. 20. The most recent incident at the Dairy View location took place Feb. 19.

Another sexual assault was reported on Dec. 26 at the 9400 block of Dairy Ashford on Dec. 26.

In all the reported incidents, adult women were assaulted in the parking lot of an apartment complex.

The Feb. 19 assault took place inside the apartment of the victim as she was sleeping. The woman was awakened by an unknown male intruder who smothered her face with a pillow. She tried to escape but was overpowered by the suspect who punched her in the face. The man ran out of the apartment after the alleged assault took place.

The suspect is described as a male with a medium-to-dark complexion between 24 and 30 years of age, standing approximately 6-0 and weighing between 150 and 180 pounds.

The man has a slender build, is clean-shaven. He was dressed in a dark-colored hooded sweatshirt with dark pants.